Radial draft-gear.



II. P. POPE. RADIAL DRAFT GELB. nrmonxol nun Ava. n. nos.

947,268. rmtgd Jm 25, 1910. l IIN-lll l. .Ff'y..l.

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947,258. msnm .im 25. 1910.

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UNITED STATES PA'llENT OFFICE.

mi! I'. P023. 0F CLEVELAND. OHIO. ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAI' wm CASTINGS COKPANY. OF CLEVEIAND. OHIO. A CORPORATION Ol' OHIO.

RADIAL DRAFT-G EI. E.

onesti.

Speclilcattoa of Letten Patent.

application and Auguo 2t. isos. senat no. nosas.

To all wz'wm it muy trouvera.'

Be it, known that I, llimnr l". lora. ot' Ulevelnud. in the county 'ol' tuyahoga and Stute nl Uliio. have invented a'to-w and u-e f'ul Radial Draft-(leer, ol whieh the follow ing is a .-|moilleation. reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming par: ol' this speeitn'attou. in whieh Figure 1 is a plan view of my iinprmetl lavica showing ite't application to the 'frame of n car; Fig. is a Hale ele'yntion partly in terlieal longit udinal 'seetiouz Vig. It ia ero et-tional view illustrating,r part ol' the devive: Figs. 4. 5 and 6 are views similar to l Figs. l. and 3, showing` a inodilied eouatruetion: Fig. 7 is a plan view: and Fig. S a seetional detail vie'w. showing means for'y autonmtieally dinengaging the shifting dt vine from the coupler.

o the drawingI (Figa. 1. '.2 and il). l rep- "Menta the enuplor whirh i'a of the Mieder (far Builders' l 'pe` hut. is' provided at the sides of its heat with ltops which are adapted to niateh and to engage with eorrealuuuling stops ou the coupler ofthe adjoining rar. no that when the ears areeoupled together. these tops will hold the couplers in alinctnent. with one another und will prevent the tendency of the eouplcrs to buckle when sub'ected to boiling Streven. 'lhe 1 shank of t ie coupler is pivoted h v means of v with the coupler o nuty be deflected laterally.

a pin 3 to the yoke 5' of the draft rigging, i and the nur end of the eau )ler shank and the facs of the forward iollower 4. are 1 rounded so as to llt. ono another, the are on which they are formed having its center: preferably the center ol' the pivot pin Il. f-.a i that the thine ol' ulllng are tramanitted to l the front follower y a broad bearing auri face in all the positions to which the coupler i 'lha draft rigi ging 5, of which the l'ront follower 4 forms I a part, is set between the oenter silla tt, t5 of 'the cnr, so ls to be capable f the ordinary longitudinal motion in batting and dnft, but to hold by the sillaV from lateral motion. At the end of lha draft rigging these silla diverge. no at li'. to alord spant: for the lateral swinging of the car coupler. For the purpose nl' adjusting the eon )ler laterally in the pro .er position for eou i ing e another our. l employ a 'mutually operlted nienhenistn for shifting it on itl axis 3, and this mechanism may be contracted its follows:--'l`he shank of the l coupler its provided. in its uppr \vall,wth a longitudinal Alot T into whieh is ingerted the depending :trui of a rnd S, whit-li extendf:

over the .-enter silla t'.' nearlyI to the l#idea of the yar. it in o eruted by means of n lever whieh ipivotetl at. ite upper end. at 9'. to the end ill ol' the ear. and is composed of two part the. lower par'. t) boing pn'oted at lo to the upper part tl'. whieh latterpurt is lotted to reeeire the part l) and has between the rlolled or l'orltetl pot-lion a lug ll, which ioppteed hy a enrred or eiun-ehaped enti l' at the end ol' the lower portion .l. 'i'he rod te.\'Ieud-. throughthe slot between the pa ris ll and l2 and when the operator graf-ps the part i) of tho lever and turns it. it will eanse t'ne ram l2 to grip the rod S between it andthe lug ll au that by swinging the lever on the pivot. 9', the coupler4 g of their Stops '2, 9.

ln.-tead ol' the lever l5, il, eoiwtrueted a shown in Figs. l. '2 und Il. the mechanism ln' whieh the coupler is shifted hack and forth into nneoupliug position muy be varied in many ways. As an example of this, l show a niotlileatiou in Figs. 4. a' nud ('r, wherein l show not. only a lnodilitutiou of the means for shifting the coupler luterall but also how a rnotlilied eonslruction o the draft. gear to whieh the rou iler in applied. Here the rou ler l is. allixetl rigidly to a yoke 13, the for 'ed arma of whit-h pass above and below the dra lt riggin r and are eontlned htterally between two cheek pieces 14 at the Hides of the draft rigging, t iena cheek pieren being ponle angular tn forni no as to resent. a eentral ulrutn on which the vo e can roek. 'lhe end followerq 15 of the raft rigging are eurved, the radius being about onehalf of the length of the draft rigging. and the hearing surfaces at. the ends of the -lotted or forked portion o the yolteY are iluilarly enrred so that as the yoke in roeltetl between tho .aide plates 14,' it will prt-seme an end hearing against the eurved .\url'aee.- ol' the end follower-#a nf the draft rigging. When thun constructed. the eoupler een be s.'-",:np; back and forth on thel inlet-ur..

Patented Janf, 1910.

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nlmviinontioiwd und nill linll oil pnll f inguinal thi ein'ved follow-r.- in :my position tn ivliii'li it iniiy he moved.

For the plirptme ol' aliifting the oonpler. Inti-willy into position l'oii-oiipling.' with iinotliei' viii'. l iintv` emploi .with thil li-vivihown in Fig lt und I either the .-iiniti inwlinnion ivliii'li is illustrated in Fig. l. L" nml Il. or l muy employ n lever ll". wliit'h in i pivoted nl l lo n lit'in'ki-l ni' vri piiw iS on thiI venten' aille. ind tlii.- lever lnt-. nt 'its middle. n l'ot'wniillv pi'n'vetiti v ni'nt l". i ivliivh i uninet-tod iiv n floi'koi or slotted i vnunet-tion 20. so its lo engzigi siiililtgly with :i piti '.l on the top ul the hunk of the vonpler. 'lliis lever nrni lh piojeits in liotli dii'vvtionto the iden of the enr itliil when it is grmqied at either end und mvtnig it will mriwwnidinuly swing the eonpler on the Iiivotiil wntor oi' the dritti ringing so ns o ring it into the desired position for eoiipling. 'lhe reni' end of thv 'onplrr iilnink iii i'invod to ninteh the-end follower. itntl tit the mii' end of the yoke there iu ai llller hloek 22, winnie ni'fiiee imite-heu the i'eiir follower. A liller hloi'k nniy he nttlehetl to the end of the vonpler nhio hy the name rivets whieh nttneh the voice to the eonpler.

ln Fips. 7 und 8. I show a romtrnctinn of the device in which the diifting mlmiiiun is engaged detlehlhly with the miiplsr, iio tlmt when the eonpler hi not being shifted'. it nniy he tree from the iiliiftinerod and t ope will not move the latter. Hen ruting lever lo' is pivoted lomely nt 17' and in bowed at lli' or otlierivnie eontitervreighttvl i llntt it will tend lo tilt on thi' pivot und j to lift its lip s* ont of eiigngeinviit with thiI -ilot i" of the coupler slninlt. When thtI npertttni' desires to shift the coupler he turn thel lever lli' horizontally on thtl pivot-nittil tho lip H' eoineii over the slot 7'. then tilts the lever no its to bring the li i und slot into engagement, whereupon fni't er turning of the lever will iihift the coupler. when tlio lever is relemied. it will tilt hoek und thns free the lip niitonnitieiilly from engagement n ith the eonplei. leaving the i-oiipler frei to move intle|xndently of the lever. This piirt of my invention nnty be applied to :in v of the instructions shown in tho drawings und iii variously modified forms.

Other niodicntionii of the invention will i litigare-it thenuielveii to thotie skilled in the tnt. innee Whitt I claim is:

1. A radially movable drgft. member having i niannally-tictuated shifting devine oxteniling to tha tilde of'tlie cnr and comprit.'- ing n lever having n sliding hearing with the coupler. I

2. A rndillly movithle drift meinlier lniving l inninally letniited shifting device i-.vtending to the iiide of the car and comprising ii v er with u projection thereon having of',

n iiliding bearing with the eonpler.

ln testimony whereof, l lnive hereunto wt my hund.

H lLl l". POPE Witneen:

Hun' E. Omi. (hun. E. Por. 

